Wind turbine projects could generate enough electricity to power 3.5 million homes, helping the state avoid blackouts during extreme heat waves that have routinely strained the electrical grid.
. The money would come from a surcharge imposed on Californians' electricity bills. State regulators would decide how much this charge would be. Consumers would not pay it until the wind projects are up and running, likely several years from now.“This legislation ... means that every single ratepayer in California, no matter where you live, is going to pay for this,” said Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who opposes the bill.
“The biggest threat to us meeting our climate goals between now and 2045 are rate impacts to rate payers,” Scott Wetch, a lobbyist representing various construction trade associations, told lawmakers in a recent public hearing. “ is the only way to bring down those costs on these large, complex, long lead time projects in order to minimize the rate impacts."
California has moved quickly to end its reliance on fossil fuels in recent years. State regulators have OK'd rulesof most new gas-powered cars by 2035. But the state has struggled maintaining its clean energy values amid that transition. Newsom and the state Legislature have since spent $3.3 billion to build a “strategic reliability reserve” that included purchasingand extending the life of some gas-fired power plants that were scheduled to retire.
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